Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-15
ANTI.DRBRIs ASSOCIATION.
Mines Reported to be in Operaticn-An
Advisory Board.

Advisory Board.
| A special meeting of the Anti-Debri
Association was held at Yuba City OF
Wednesday. President Sexey read th,
following report:
Gentlemen The object of this meeting
is for the consideration of the hydraulic
mining question in its present aspect, anG
to devise some plan by which the Chinese
hydraulickers can be more efectually deal
with and brought into Court; also to listen
to any propositions that the members de.
sire TO make.
There are contempt cases now pending
against the following mines: Four against
the Omega mine at Washington. Nevada
county, one of which has been heard, and
fine imposed. Against the Milton Com
pany at French Corral there are three con-
tempt cases pending, one of which is sub
mitted, and our testimony in the other
two is in. The defendants intended to
commence putting in their testimony to-
day at the mine. In the Marguerite con-
tempt case, the testimony of the defendant,
Grin Garrill, will be taken while Master OF
Chancery Houghton is there-probably
during the week. There are contempt
cases pending against man named Gray
and a number of Cinnamon at Hunts
Hill.
1.-The North Bloomfield Company, our
watchmen say, are working their eleva-
tor, which, of course, will need careful
attention.
6" The Eureka Lake Company have
done something, from the statements of
the watchmen, but thus tar the latter have
not been able to catch them at work.
The Sailor Flat mine has been worked
by Cinnamon during the winter.
1.-THE Chinese at Moore's Flat have been
working, and how to bring them into
Court is the difficult question for our at
torDeys and you to solve. You can serve
one Chinese boss with papers, and he steps
out and another man takes his place. If,
as understand the law, you see the same
men at work that were there when the first
boss was served, they can be arrested, for
they would be at work with due knowl-
edge of the situation, and would be in con-
tempt.
I'VE have now an order from Judge
Sawyer that service can be made by leav-
ing copy of the papers at the house of
the party, if any adult person is at the
house, which will facilitate the service of
papers, and save time and expense"
Mr.. Sexey stated that one mine that had
been in operation had been enioined nat
urally, by caying of the side of a
mountain.
After G. Ohleyer had read list of the
mines that have violated the DEGREES of the
Courts since the beginning of the anti-de-
bris legislation, thenumber being about $50,
H. B. higgins, a Deputy United States
Marshal, who had Just returned from Plu-
mas county. related his experiences in
Quincy, in company with L. F. Bassett,
City Engineer, of Sacramento, and who is
also civil engineer appointed by the War
Department to investigate the condition of
rivers. They were waited upon by depu-
tation from Vigilance Committee, and
told that their absence was desirable. They
asserted their intention to remain until
Monday, and were told that no matter what
they did the mines would still continue in
operation. They learned that several mines
had been running for month, and that
they intended to continue.
District Attorney Forbes stated that he
had a letter from A L. Hart, of counsel,
setting forth the reasons why the Omega
cases had not been pressed, and stating
that they were of purely legal character,
involving several technical points.
After considerable discussion, it was de-
cided to appoint an Advisory Board, and
c. P. Berry, P. G. Slattery, d. P. burst, n.
c. Jones and A. H. Wilbur were appointed
a committee to name thirty-five prominent
citizens, in addition to themselves, from
whom the Directors are to choose the
Board. These names will be presented
next Monday, when the Directors will have
a meeting